One thing my wife and I did that really helped our food costs was investing in a pressure cooker and slow cooker.
We now make a freeze meals in advance (we will make up to 10-15 meals at a time on a Saturday or Sunday once a month, put them into ziplock freezer bags and lay flat in freezer). This allows us to save a lot on produce as we are purchasing at one time for many meals portioned out and have virtually no 'leftover' food waste from things like lettuce or herbs spoiling in the fridge.
With the pressure cooker, for things like chicken breasts we can go from the freezer straight to cooking and be done in about 20 minutes. With the slower cooker, it's just a matter of taking out a meal before bed and putting it in the fridge, then emptying the freezer bag into the slow cooker before work in the morning.
We don't eat every meal like this, but 2 per week has really cut down on our food costs. The leftovers make tremendous lunches.
Now that winter is starting to set in, we'll probably eat more like as the prep method lends itself more to the soup/stew/curry type meals.
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